BILL NUMBER: AB 1931	CHAPTERED  09/30/00

	CHAPTER   959
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 30, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   SEPTEMBER 29, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 29, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 28, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   AUGUST 25, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   AUGUST 18, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   AUGUST 7, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   JUNE 28, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   JUNE 12, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 5, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Scott
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Cunneen, Honda, Knox, Kuehl,
Longville, Mazzoni, Murray, and Steinberg)
   (Coauthors: Senators Solis and Vasconcellos)

                        FEBRUARY 15, 2000

   An act to add Section 233.8 to the Education Code, relating to
hate violence.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1931, Scott.  Hate violence.
   Existing law requires at the request of the Superintendent of
Public Instruction that the State Board of Education adopt policies
directed toward creating a school environment free from
discriminatory attitudes, practices, and acts of hate violence and
that the state board revise, as needed, curriculum to include human
relations education with the aim of fostering an appreciation of
people of different ethnicities.
   This bill would require, subject to funds being appropriated
therefor in the Budget Act of 2000, the State Department of Education
to provide regional training to assist school district personnel in
the identification and determination of hate violence on school
campuses.  The bill would establish a grant program for school
districts to enable pupils and teachers to participate in educational
programs focused on fostering ethnic sensitivity, overcoming racism
and prejudice, and countering hatred and intolerance.
   This bill would, subject to funds being appropriated therefor in
the Budget Act of 2000, allocate $150,000 to contract for the
services of an organization with the experience to provide regional
training programs throughout the state to assist school district
personnel in the identification and determination of hate violence on
school campuses, and allocate $2,000,000 for the purpose of
providing grants on a competitive basis, as specified, to school
districts and county offices of education to enable pupils and
teachers to participate in educational programs focused on fostering
ethnic sensitivity, overcoming racism and prejudice, and countering
hatred and intolerance.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (a) The number of hate crimes against pupils is dramatically
increasing throughout the state.
   (b) Hate crimes impact not only the individuals or group
victimized but also have a dramatic impact on the school learning
environment for all pupils.
   (c) Pupil achievement depends, in part, on a safe learning
environment.
   (d) Understanding and identifying hate crimes on school campuses
and determination of motive requires specialized training of school
staff.
   (e) To address hate crimes, educational programs have been created
to expose pupils to the dynamics and history of racism and prejudice
and issues of intolerance, and to foster ethnic sensitivity and
counter hatred.
  SEC. 2.  Section 233.8 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   233.8.  (a) The State Department of Education shall provide
regional training to assist school district personnel in the
identification and determination of hate violence on school campuses.

   (b) (1) A grant program for school districts shall be established
by the department for the purpose of enabling pupils and teachers to
participate in educational programs focused on fostering ethnic
sensitivity, overcoming racism and prejudice, and countering hatred
and intolerance.  It is the intent of the Legislature that the grants
be awarded on a competitive basis with similar sized school
districts and county offices of education competing against each
other for grant funds.  The Superintendent of Public Instruction
shall establish grant competition bands as follows:
   (A) Districts with less than 2,501 average daily attendance.
   (B) Districts with more than 2,500 average daily attendance but
less than 5,001.
   (C) Districts with more than 5,000 average daily attendance but
less than 15,001.
   (D) Districts with more than 15,000 average daily attendance but
less than 30,001.
   (E) Districts with more than 30,000 average daily attendance.
   (F) County offices of education.
   (2) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall allocate the
appropriated funds for competitive grants to each of the competitive
bands based on the amount of average daily attendance in all
districts in the competitive range compared to the statewide average
daily attendance in all school districts and county offices of
education.
   The grant program is not required to be implemented under this
section unless funds are appropriated for that purpose.
  SEC. 3.  Subject to funding being appropriated in the Budget Act of
2000 for the purposes of this act, the State Department of Education
shall allocate funding according to the following schedule:
   (a) One hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) to contract for
the services of an organization with the experience to provide,
pursuant to Section 233.8 of the Education Code, training programs
throughout the state to assist school district personnel in the
identification and determination of hate violence on school campuses.

   (b) Two million dollars ($2,000,000) for the purpose of providing
grants to school districts to enable pupils and teachers to
participate in educational programs pursuant to Section 233.8 of the
Education Code, that foster ethnic sensitivity, overcoming racism and
prejudice, and countering hatred and intolerance.
